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Apologies for cross posting 30 % off for all LGBTNET subscribers!* when you quote CS1213SEXU when you order [cid:image001.jpg@01CEF28B.A93E4750]Global Homophobia States, Movements, and the Politics of Oppression Edited by Meredith L. Weiss and Michael J. Bosia "A cohesive yet complex account of the phenomenon of global homophobia. This impressive scholarship will be useful for scholars and students in LGBT studies, women's and gender studies, comparative political science, and political history." - Susan Burgess, author of The New York Times on Gay and Lesbian Issues While homophobia is commonly characterized as individual and personal prejudice, this collection of essays instead explores homophobia as a transnational political phenomenon. Contributors theorize homophobia as a distinct configuration of repressive state-sponsored policies and practices with their own causes, explanations, and effects on how sexualities are understood and experienced in a range of national contexts. The essays include a broad range of geographic cases, including Cameroon, Ecuador, Iran, Lebanon, Poland, Singapore, and the United States. University of Illinois Press October 2013 288pp 9780252079337 PB £16.99 now only £11.89 when you quote CS1213SEXU when you order.<http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/36078-global-homophobia.html> [cid:image002.jpg@01CEF28B.A93E4750]Hungochani, Second Edition The History of a Dissident Sexuality in Southern Africa Marc Epprecht "Described by reviewers as 'groundbreaking' and 'a dazzling contribution', Epprecht's history surveys for the first time homosexual identities in Zimbabwe and South Africa from pre-colonial times to the present. This is unfamiliar terrain for many of us - and an important topic in current studies of Africa. This is also a work of political activism, for gay rights and feminism, a work that is sensitive to the changes ushered in by colonialism, especially urban growth and racism ... a highly original work from a scholar who is fast becoming known as the leading intellectual on African sexualities ... an exceptional piece of work." -the Joel Gregory Prize jury In the tapestry of global queer cultures, Africa has long been neglected or stereotyped. In Hungochani, Marc Epprecht seeks to change these limited views by tracing Southern Africa's history and traditions of homosexuality, modern gay and lesbian identities, and the vibrant gay rights movement that has emerged since the 1980s. Epprecht explores the diverse ways African cultures traditionally explained same-sex sexuality and follows the emergence of new forms of gender identity and sexuality that evolved with the introduction of capitalism, colonial rule, and Christian education. Using oral testimony, memoirs, literature, criminal court records, and early government enquiries from the eighteenth century to the present, he traces the complex origins of homophobia. By bringing forth a wealth of evidence about once-hidden sexual behaviour, Epprecht contributes to the honest, open discussion that is urgently needed in the battle against HIV/AIDS. In a new preface to this edition, Epprecht considers the recent advances of equality on the continent such as the legalization of same-sex marriage in South Africa, as well as discriminatory setbacks such as Uganda's anti-homosexuality legislation. McGill-Queen's University Press May 2013 360pp 9780773541719 PB £19.99 now only £13.99 when you quote CS1213SEXU when you order.<http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9831-hungochani.html> [cid:image003.jpg@01CEF28B.A93E4750]Sexual Diversity in Africa Politics, Theory, and Citizenship S.N. Nyeck, Marc Epprecht How does one address homophobia without threatening majority rule democracy and freedoms of speech and faith? How does one "Africanize" sexuality research, empirically and theoretically, in an environment that is not necessarily welcoming to African scholars? In Sexual Diversity in Africa, contributors critically engage with current debates about sexuality and gender identity, as well as with contentious issues relating to methodology, epistemology, ethics, and pedagogy. They present a tapestry of issues that testify to the complex nature of sexuality, sexual practices, and gender performance in Africa. Essays examine topics such as the well-established same-sex networks in Accra and Bamako, African "traditions" defined by European observers, and the bizarre mix of faith, pharmaceuticals, and pseudo-science used to "cure" homosexual men. Their evidence also demonstrates the indefensibility of over-simplified constructions of homosexuality versus heterosexuality, modern versus traditional, Africa versus the West, and progress from the African closet towards Western models of out politics, all of which have tainted research on same-sex practices and scientific studies of HIV/AIDS. Asserting that the study of sexuality is intellectually and politically sustainable in Africa, Sexual Diversity in Africa contributes to the theorization of sexualities by presenting a more sensitive and knowledgeable study of African experiences and perspectives. Contributors include Olajide Akanji, Christophe Broqua, Cheryl Cooky, Serena Owusua Dankwa, Shari L. Dworkin, Marc Epprecht, Melissa Hackman, Notisha Massaquoi, Crystal Munthree, Kathleen O'Mara, Stella Nyanzi, S.N.Nyeck, Vasu Reddy, Amanda Lock Swarr, and Lisa Wiebesiek. McGill-Queen's University Press October 2013 312pp 9780773541887 PB £19.99 now only £13.99 when you quote CS1213SEXU when you order.<http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/36220-sexual-diversity-in-africa.html> [cid:image004.jpg@01CEF28B.A93E4750]Feminist, Queer, Crip Alison Kafer "Kafer presents a bold and challenging perspective on potential futures for, and coalitions of, various politicized groups that are usually imagined separately--crips and queers, but also feminists, trans-gendered people, environmentalists, environmental justice activists, reproductive justice activists, "restroom revolutionaries," and people with MCS." -Stacy Alaimo, University of Texas at Arlington "Kafer interrogates the ableist assumptions that pervade social and academic discourses and offers a critique of how these assumptions are put into practice in ways that directly affect the lives of people with disabilities. This is an original and comprehensive work that brings together disability studies, feminist theory, and queer theory." -Licia Carlson, Providence College "Provocatively poised at the intersections of queer, feminist, disability, environmental, and critical race scholarship and justice movements, this book presents a welcome and necessary meditation on the meaning and temporality of disability. Impressive in scope, sophistication, and imagination." -Kim Q. Hall, Appalachian State University In Feminist, Queer, Crip Alison Kafer imagines a different future for disability and disabled bodies. Challenging the ways in which ideas about the future and time have been deployed in the service of compulsory able-bodiedness and able-mindedness, Kafer rejects the idea of disability as a pre-determined limit. She juxtaposes theories, movements, and identities such as environmental justice, reproductive justice, cyborg theory, transgender politics, and disability that are typically discussed in isolation and envisions new possibilities for crip futures and feminist/queer/crip alliances. This bold book goes against the grain of normalization and promotes a political framework for a more just world. Indiana University Press July 2013 276pp 9780253009340 PB £17.99 now only £12.59 when you quote CS1213SEXU when you order. [cid:image005.jpg@01CEF28B.A93E4750]Celibacies American Modernism and Sexual Life Benjamin Kahan In this innovative study, Benjamin Kahan traces the elusive history of modern celibacy. Arguing that celibacy is a distinct sexuality with its own practices and pleasures, Kahan shows it to be much more than the renunciation of sex or a cover for homosexuality. Celibacies focuses on a diverse group of authors, social activists, and artists, spanning from the suffragettes to Henry James, and from the Harlem Renaissance's Father Divine to Andy Warhol. This array of figures reveals the many varieties of celibacy that have until now escaped scholars of literary modernism and sexuality. Ultimately, this book wrests the discussion of celibacy and sexual restraint away from social and religious conservatism, resituating celibacy within a history of political protest and artistic experimentation. Celibacies offers an entirely new perspective on this little-understood sexual identity and initiates a profound reconsideration of the nature and constitution of sexuality. 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